Audio-Technica taps our nostalgia buttons with vintage turntable

AT-LP5 borrows the 60s and 70s designs that Audio-Technica became renowned for

Audio-Technica wants a piece of the hipster revolution engulfing the vinyl industry and is offering genuine high-fidelity vinyl playback at an affordable price.

The AT-LP5 is a direct-drive turntable that takes its design cues from the company's designs from the 60s and 70s.

It features a sturdy cast aluminium record platter, high performance AT95EX dual moving magnet cartridge mounted on an AT-HS10 lightweight head-shell and a J-shaped tonearm that promises to minimise tracking errors.

Attention has been paid to every detail along the analog signal path including small features like gold-plated u-shaped connections, choice of an internal and external phono pre-amplifier and a stable high-rated internal power supply.

Whilst nostalgia is very much the order of the day when it comes to vinyl, Audio-Technica has added a USB output and bundled in some Audacity software to allow vinyl music to be recorded onto a PC or Mac

The AT-LP5 will be available in 'limited quantities' from September 14 and the suggested price is £329.